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chair maxwell: welcome to land use. i am supervisor sophie maxwell, and i am joined by eric mar and david chiu. i want to thank our clerk, alice somera. madam clerk, did you have something to say? clerk somera: please turn off of cell phones. item number one, an ordinance to retroactively extend a grant for $1,670,000 from the esteban of energy and amending the annual ordinates for fiscal year 2010-2011. chair maxwell: thank you. department of the environment. >> i want to first thank the supervisors for rushing this into the process, and also, thanks to the mayor's office and controllers who helped in this all along. we are trying to play catch up with other counties that are participating in multi county statewide efforts that have successfully garnered $1.70 million for san francisco of a $30 million allocation for california from the u.s. department of energy for promoting single-family retrofits, so our part here, we're going to be focusing on multifamily and single-family structures. we are particularly interested
chair maxwell: welcome to land use. i am supervisor sophie maxwell, and i am joined by eric mar and david chiu. i want to thank our clerk, alice somera. madam clerk, did you have something to say? clerk somera: please turn off of cell phones. item number one, an ordinance to retroactively extend a grant for $1,670,000 from the esteban of energy and amending the annual ordinates for fiscal year 2010-2011. chair maxwell: thank you. department of the environment. >> i want to first thank the...
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thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go.
thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go.
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typically, those audits do not generate terribly useful information. either the agency is complying, or it is not. those are not always addressing the issue of effectiveness, which is really the order of the day in government today because of the issue of budget cuts, and we need to do more with what we have or more with less, so the bottom line is that in order to find the areas of real promise, where you can do improvement and processes or do things as simple as connecting the dots between the investment and improvement services -- why are we buying equipment? what are the ultimate goals? the real goal is to provide better service, so management- related issues are the ones that need to be address, so in order to do that, you want to have one's with experience in a fairly complex field of transit orientation so they know what they are looking for and they have a sense of what the range of reasonable currencies would be in other agencies. there's also the issue of comparing san francisco to other places. it is not impossible to compare. if you have th
typically, those audits do not generate terribly useful information. either the agency is complying, or it is not. those are not always addressing the issue of effectiveness, which is really the order of the day in government today because of the issue of budget cuts, and we need to do more with what we have or more with less, so the bottom line is that in order to find the areas of real promise, where you can do improvement and processes or do things as simple as connecting the dots between...
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then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the location of the bluff that existed, the transition from the beach to the vertical cliffs that existed at second street. at second and king. all of that was taken down, and they have built warehouses. now at his condominium developments. and portions of mission bay. the first building of mission bay, third and townsend -- i am sorry, third and king, it is a rock site. if you go further into mission bay, it goes from rock to week bay mud. -- weak bay mud. this is on the folsom? >> the old wonder bread bakery. a little bit higher up. >> that particular building, if you look closely, the rock has actually receded
then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the...
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using units. fense office space. indoor offens a tallest towe st coast of anchorew hborhood witus on el vibrancy. >> a pro o n icance. >> reporten will be completed by md it ll the projecte completed by017. overall prith all the high ris buil lion. in san francis 7 news. okay. o this wrd w spencer told mcinating n the bay bay included, sou in broke today. that's w land espee east today 20 degr below thfor ts t isdibly cool thl hasn and is about t ch happ report is high definition bay the bridg rds the city of san francisco. low clouds and toni wern for now. it persisght. rizzle and then after that thingart to tomo the e 50s viin therea except for anti the highligh ebound warming contin on e weekend. and we will se finaeturning inland s we get s and this satellite ose up showss a rather vigorous and focus the onwho drizzle,ot int astioned earlier as the marine air flowsome ofhe east waycations h temperatures 20ow theaverage is neww, maximum member i new his date tha . orning with of 54 degrees recor mperature for tied
using units. fense office space. indoor offens a tallest towe st coast of anchorew hborhood witus on el vibrancy. >> a pro o n icance. >> reporten will be completed by md it ll the projecte completed by017. overall prith all the high ris buil lion. in san francis 7 news. okay. o this wrd w spencer told mcinating n the bay bay included, sou in broke today. that's w land espee east today 20 degr below thfor ts t isdibly cool thl hasn and is about t ch happ report is high definition...
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this is the first and write a smart on optimized for business use. the blackberry still seems to be the top choice but business people in this new juror is a bet that market. when it is a much more secure and tried for their corporate brawl.will it has a five mega pixel cameras what autofocus. as well as high quality video recording. so it is aimed at the business crowd. it is still a joy fun running on who will. does everything else the droids to. you have all the apps and all the fun stuff. so if you wanted a blackberry free professional life this could be the good both for you. the dried well as what other you need quality is the first high end smart phone to break the $200 price tag. they usually sell at $200 with a two-year contract. the strike is $179 with a two-year contract. not that much cheaper, but under the $200 starting price days late kron4 news. >> that will happen out for us have a sunny sunday. good night everybody. when [ woman on tv ] if you won't let me in, you can't really love me. i know about gayle. i don't know what you're tal
this is the first and write a smart on optimized for business use. the blackberry still seems to be the top choice but business people in this new juror is a bet that market. when it is a much more secure and tried for their corporate brawl.will it has a five mega pixel cameras what autofocus. as well as high quality video recording. so it is aimed at the business crowd. it is still a joy fun running on who will. does everything else the droids to. you have all the apps and all the fun stuff....
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for us to move quickly. although it does not seen fit, -- although it does not seem clit, -- although it does not seem quick, i want to thank tara sullivan. a lot of people have asked us how this will impact the current inflationary housing program, and it is also interesting to see where we are. i have an overhead that explains how the program [inaudible] if you can see this, what we see today, from the beginning of our program in 1992 through at least march of this year is about 30% of our units on rentals, and 70% our ownership, so that gives you an idea. in addition, you will see that a great majority of our units are on site. most developers choose on site, and most units themselves are on site units. the second reference book -- both in terms of the products themselves in the unit when you look at the unit total, is off site, and the final preference is the fee. nothing has really changed through this program but that we cannot mandate mental anymore. why did we not exempt rental as some cities have do
for us to move quickly. although it does not seen fit, -- although it does not seem clit, -- although it does not seem quick, i want to thank tara sullivan. a lot of people have asked us how this will impact the current inflationary housing program, and it is also interesting to see where we are. i have an overhead that explains how the program [inaudible] if you can see this, what we see today, from the beginning of our program in 1992 through at least march of this year is about 30% of our...
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that is affecting us. the fund balance is a floating amount of money that we're able to have against a rainy day or used to deal with unforeseen expenses. this year, we're having to use all that. for the next two years, that $40 million is not available to us to address the deficit. this year, we're expecting to beat at about seven under $60 million. we're only anticipating $700 million for next year. that is a big drop. -- we are expecting to be at $760 million. i want to highlight that the bottom line, the impact of the decisions to address this year's deficit to make a difference for next year. everything we have done to reduce positions and other revenues will have an impact on next year to reduce the deficit. on the expenditure side, we have salaries and benefits. we have the amended budget from last spring and what we're projecting by the end of the year and for the next two years. we do see a bit of a decrease on salaries and benefits based on the position reductions. we have eliminated hundreds of
that is affecting us. the fund balance is a floating amount of money that we're able to have against a rainy day or used to deal with unforeseen expenses. this year, we're having to use all that. for the next two years, that $40 million is not available to us to address the deficit. this year, we're expecting to beat at about seven under $60 million. we're only anticipating $700 million for next year. that is a big drop. -- we are expecting to be at $760 million. i want to highlight that the...
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one of the things that this benefits district would assist us with, and not just us but other organizations in the area is to ebb hans the experience for the audiences who are -- enhance the experiences for the audiences coming to the significance center, bringing more audiences in, making the area that much more vibrant. when we moved down here, we did so to become a part of the arts center. a lot of people still aren't sure that we are still out on sunset. we have been about are building since then. that would allow us to put our best face into the civic center area. not only the signage, which will allow people to understand that we are here, and the other organizations as well that we are partnering in the process, but certainly the security and safety of the audience, and also our students who are taking classes into the evening and are encouraging and being a part of the whole life of that area, especially close to the market street area. also, many of our students are living at golden gate hall. families come to the hotel wick ham -- wickham when they come. each student has a built-i
one of the things that this benefits district would assist us with, and not just us but other organizations in the area is to ebb hans the experience for the audiences who are -- enhance the experiences for the audiences coming to the significance center, bringing more audiences in, making the area that much more vibrant. when we moved down here, we did so to become a part of the arts center. a lot of people still aren't sure that we are still out on sunset. we have been about are building...
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supervisor maxwell: give us an excellent? >> alcohol. >> that was passed prior to 2010 and just stays the same. you will be able to leave that on the books. if you increase it or extend it, if it was sunsetted, then you would have to play by the new rules, requiring a vote of the people. >> one i have wondered about if we were to ever impose a congestion fee impacted by prop 26? would we have to go to the electorate now? >> it could be. you could design the fee and have fight findings and dedicate the revenues. you get outside that and use the fee revenues for other things, it becomes a little more subject to 26. supervisor mar: economicser maxwell? supervisor maxwell: no. >> one last comment is there is a school of thought that the fuel tax swap, either in part or in whole, may be in validated. now a provision in prop 26 that anything that was enacted in 2010 that is in violation of the provisions of the act have a weir from election day to be revalidated, but under the new rules. that is where the new scrutiny is going on i
supervisor maxwell: give us an excellent? >> alcohol. >> that was passed prior to 2010 and just stays the same. you will be able to leave that on the books. if you increase it or extend it, if it was sunsetted, then you would have to play by the new rules, requiring a vote of the people. >> one i have wondered about if we were to ever impose a congestion fee impacted by prop 26? would we have to go to the electorate now? >> it could be. you could design the fee and have...
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we have people whispering to us, and that is part of the dynamic, but i find once you develop a reputation for trying hard to understand all the things you people learn in hastings and asking stupid questions over and over again -- is there a police called in continent? -- plea called in continent? if you ask the questions, eventually they explain. even the judges in santa clara county who were giving the colloquies, and the judges who would turn to defendants and say, i would like to get this resolved today, which basically means to plead guilty or no contest, they talked grudgingly. >> watch out if you ask someone out for a drink. i know in your study one of the things you found was there was a tremendous amount of pressure that came from the judges. can you talk briefly about that? >> sure. does this still work? >> one of the things we found that was very disturbing in our study was that nearly three out of four offices reported they had been pressured by county commissioners to cut costs. a good example of fat was recently reported -- good example of that is that it was recently apprep
we have people whispering to us, and that is part of the dynamic, but i find once you develop a reputation for trying hard to understand all the things you people learn in hastings and asking stupid questions over and over again -- is there a police called in continent? -- plea called in continent? if you ask the questions, eventually they explain. even the judges in santa clara county who were giving the colloquies, and the judges who would turn to defendants and say, i would like to get this...
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i think he's been out with us. he was a good kid. >> reporter: he was shot while walking a long bancroft anniversary around 9:30 last night. >> i heard intersection or -- i heard about six or seven shots then i heard people screaming. >> he was with his brother walking to a gas station. his brother ran for help. the gunman went through his pockets stealing $2. >> we don't have a motive for the crime yet. our investigators worked all through out the night. >> he was days away from starting high school. he and his identical twin brother graduated from the middle school earning more sports medical as -- >> it weakness you in the knees we are back on page 1 with the violence and the corruption in our community. laying off 80 police officers, they should be adding more police officers to help circum vent the crime that is still out there on our streets. >> reporter: the oakland police department is turning to the public for help. they are asking for anyone with information to come forward immediately. jimon was a trying
i think he's been out with us. he was a good kid. >> reporter: he was shot while walking a long bancroft anniversary around 9:30 last night. >> i heard intersection or -- i heard about six or seven shots then i heard people screaming. >> he was with his brother walking to a gas station. his brother ran for help. the gunman went through his pockets stealing $2. >> we don't have a motive for the crime yet. our investigators worked all through out the night. >> he was...
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and you could also use fromage blanc. you could use cream cheese. you could really use any kind of cheese or anything that's thick that you wanted to. so, now that that's all put together, we're gonna take 2 of our crepes... and put them right here. and we're just gonna take a little bit of the ricotta mixture. you don't need much. just put it in there. and then i'm gonna fold them up into a square. and then you're gonna turn them over seam side down so they will stay up. so, here's the pan. and i'm gonna go ahead and add some orange juice. [sizzling] and you want that nice and hot, because you want the juice to really be able to reduce. and depending on the orange juice, if it's really sweet, you don't have to add any sugar at all. if you taste it and it's a little bit tart, add a tablespoon of sugar. but i've tried this, and it's delicious as the way that it is. and now i'm gonna get this wooden spoon, and i'm gonna actually add some butter. and we're gonna stir that in. now, you want that butter to melt dowlike this before you add your berries, b
and you could also use fromage blanc. you could use cream cheese. you could really use any kind of cheese or anything that's thick that you wanted to. so, now that that's all put together, we're gonna take 2 of our crepes... and put them right here. and we're just gonna take a little bit of the ricotta mixture. you don't need much. just put it in there. and then i'm gonna fold them up into a square. and then you're gonna turn them over seam side down so they will stay up. so, here's the pan....
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thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. commissioner mar: good morning and welcome to the regularly scheduled meeting of the san francisco city and county transportation authority. we will be joined shortly by the chair of the committee. please read item one. >> item 1, roll call. adding two, approve the minutes of the july 13, 2010 meeting. commissioner elsbernd: any comment on this item? seeing none, motion to approve this item. please read item 3. >> item 3, recommend approval of a budget amendment to at $100,000 to the authorities adopted fiscal year 2010-2011 budget for the purpose of partially defraying the cost of a management performance audit of the municipal transit agency of order of a consulting contract to the first ranked firm i
thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. commissioner mar: good morning and welcome to the regularly scheduled meeting of the san francisco city and county transportation authority. we will be...
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they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city including parcels and the critical infrastructure where the storm drains are. the city access like the traffic lights and fire hyd
they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the...
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lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in w
lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her...
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is and how the use of plea bargains undermines the truth finding process of the justice system? >> i gave a talk at n.y.u. to a small group of criminal justice law professors, and one professor stood up and said, why didn't you recommend your conclusion that we get rid of clean bargaining and that we have trials for everybody. clearly, these plea-bargain are inherently coercive, and my answer is if you got rid of a plea-bargain in, that is like saying 50% of marriages end in divorce. we should get rid of the institution of marriage. it is so much a part of our system that if we turned it on its head, first of all, people say the system would collapse, but it is an inherent part of our society and judicial system, so given the system we have worked with, i believe a plea is not inherently coercive. a plea bargain can be a good deal if individual circumstances are looked at, and public defenders talk to their clients. they do investigations. they negotiate with the prosecutor, and if the deal is given for the courts friends 1/5 of the time, i do not think that is necessarily -- ac
is and how the use of plea bargains undermines the truth finding process of the justice system? >> i gave a talk at n.y.u. to a small group of criminal justice law professors, and one professor stood up and said, why didn't you recommend your conclusion that we get rid of clean bargaining and that we have trials for everybody. clearly, these plea-bargain are inherently coercive, and my answer is if you got rid of a plea-bargain in, that is like saying 50% of marriages end in divorce. we...
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how do i use it. then they will start to learn how to do email or how to go back to chinese newspaper to read all the chinese newspaper. >> a lot of the barrier still is around lack of knowledge or confusion or intimidation and not having people in their peer network who use computers in their lives. >> the important thing i learned from caminos was to improve myself personally. when i first came to caminos, i didn't know anything about computers. the second thing is i have become -- i have made some great achievements as an individual in my family and in things of the world. >> it's a real issue of self-empowerment where new immigrant families are able to communicate with their families at home, able to receive news and information in their own home language, really become more and more connected with the world as well as connected even inside their local communities. >> if we value the diversity of our city and we value our diverse neighborhoods in the city, we need to ensure that they remain econom
how do i use it. then they will start to learn how to do email or how to go back to chinese newspaper to read all the chinese newspaper. >> a lot of the barrier still is around lack of knowledge or confusion or intimidation and not having people in their peer network who use computers in their lives. >> the important thing i learned from caminos was to improve myself personally. when i first came to caminos, i didn't know anything about computers. the second thing is i have become...
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so a lot of us came down here in san francisco to joey's specifically on sunday's. so i know as far as all my companions from sacramento that we really enjoy jelly's. and we'll certainly regret it. all of us have felt safe at joey's, it advocated a clean, healthy, fun environment. i'm not aware of the details. i don't believe this is something that was due to joey's and their way of operation. i'd like to express my support for continuation of joey's. thank you. >> for public comment -- >> good morning. i'd like to speak about the waterfront land use plant study. >> this is situation is intolerable. to break up a club and put up a tower, which is against the waterfront plan use specifications that they should connect the land to the bay is crazy. they speak out of two sides of their mouth. that's called corruption. this is not about money and greed. hundreds of car garages is wrong. it's an already difficult situation we have now, so how could you approve a plan like this? it's ridiculous. all we can think of is what's behind all this. and so we urge you to retract
so a lot of us came down here in san francisco to joey's specifically on sunday's. so i know as far as all my companions from sacramento that we really enjoy jelly's. and we'll certainly regret it. all of us have felt safe at joey's, it advocated a clean, healthy, fun environment. i'm not aware of the details. i don't believe this is something that was due to joey's and their way of operation. i'd like to express my support for continuation of joey's. thank you. >> for public comment --...
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speakers using translation assistance. if you would like a document displayed on the overhead projector and please remove the document when the screen should return to live coverage of the meeting. >> [speaking for my was] -- [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] ladies and gentlemen, i am very proud today to tell you that last saturday in union square we had over 6000 arab, muslims, christians, make it and they treated the very culture of very well. ladies and gentlemen, i would like them forward this to be something like this as soon as i can. at least many of you going to see, we will give you various traditional dishes. caught before i leave the place. guaba >>-- >> january, 2010 was the time line for the bond issue getting completed. at that point, the program was only half finished and 78% over budget. is there any doubt so that there can be more years of private fund-raising. if we look at the foundation, -- according to the required filings with the state attorney gener
speakers using translation assistance. if you would like a document displayed on the overhead projector and please remove the document when the screen should return to live coverage of the meeting. >> [speaking for my was] -- [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] ladies and gentlemen, i am very proud today to tell you that last saturday in union square we had over 6000 arab, muslims, christians, make it and they treated the very culture of...
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alleged police were misusing the slot to basically clean up the streets common so we asked out of -- miss using the law to basically clean up the streets, so we asked how many people have been arrested for intoxication, and they got back to me and said, 5000 a year. he said that is a mistake. he said, you put a 0 on the end. i called him back, and said few double check this. we were curious about what was going on in san jose, and we started to lookin into these charges, and we also started to look at other discretionary crimes, the kinds which police are the arbiters of whether or not you reach a probable cause, and we found out san jose was busting people right and left for public intoxication or resisting arrest or disturbing the peace and all sorts of crimes, and the racial disparities were off the charts when we compare them to other cities. public intoxication, there were 57% latino people being arrested. we have 3% latino people in the city. where were these 5000 people going? they were going to department 42, where the woman judge was going guilty, guilty, guilty, incontinent. we starte
alleged police were misusing the slot to basically clean up the streets common so we asked out of -- miss using the law to basically clean up the streets, so we asked how many people have been arrested for intoxication, and they got back to me and said, 5000 a year. he said that is a mistake. he said, you put a 0 on the end. i called him back, and said few double check this. we were curious about what was going on in san jose, and we started to lookin into these charges, and we also started to...
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we have assembled a great panelists to help us into those questions. let me introduce the panelists. to my immediate left is jonathan shapiro, an attorney and former u.s. assistant attorney, who has spent the last several years and 10 season working on television dramas such as "the practice" and "boston legal." next to him we have jamie floyd. broadcast anger for network news. many of you know her from her daily live broadcast
we have assembled a great panelists to help us into those questions. let me introduce the panelists. to my immediate left is jonathan shapiro, an attorney and former u.s. assistant attorney, who has spent the last several years and 10 season working on television dramas such as "the practice" and "boston legal." next to him we have jamie floyd. broadcast anger for network news. many of you know her from her daily live broadcast
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will you give us the date? >> october 25. supervisor maxwell: we will continue this item until october 25. next item, please. >> recommended changes for local streets and roads. >> the afternoon, supervisors. we recommend approval of this, and classification is used to determine federal funding allocations for the maintenance. we recommend changing the functional classification from local to arterial. we also recommend changing the functional classification. from local to collector. an arterial provides the highest level of service, and it has the greatest speed in the longest uninterrupted distance and some degree of access control. the local street is primarily just local access with no through movement somewhere in between that collects and delivers them to the arterial streets. basically, it allows the federal government to decide what type of federal money you are eligible for. arterial which not necessarily be a residential area. it was designed to have no driveways on a. those developments are from the side streets. it
will you give us the date? >> october 25. supervisor maxwell: we will continue this item until october 25. next item, please. >> recommended changes for local streets and roads. >> the afternoon, supervisors. we recommend approval of this, and classification is used to determine federal funding allocations for the maintenance. we recommend changing the functional classification from local to arterial. we also recommend changing the functional classification. from local to...
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now let us deliberate. if the public has a problem with that, well, they had their time two weeks ago. my feeling is at any time a commission considers an item for vote, they should awlow public comment. people think that's inconvenient. you might have three meetings and people might show up three times. if i think it is an important item and i want to take those three -- nowhere in the constitution does it say you get to talk one time but not two. otherwise we would be getting the thing, well, you commented after the first meeting, but -- i go from meeting to meet, and who do you see in the public? you only see in the audience, the people who have business performance before you. members of the public don't anticipate in these. bottom line, i think most people don't believe there comments make any difference to you at all. i left one time, and you went to closed session, and the comments were, oh, they are a bunch of crooks, they don't care what we say. that's the opinion of a lot of people. if you want pe
now let us deliberate. if the public has a problem with that, well, they had their time two weeks ago. my feeling is at any time a commission considers an item for vote, they should awlow public comment. people think that's inconvenient. you might have three meetings and people might show up three times. if i think it is an important item and i want to take those three -- nowhere in the constitution does it say you get to talk one time but not two. otherwise we would be getting the thing, well,...